Chris Moneymaker

Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker (2017)
Personal information
Date of birth	November 21, 1975
place of birth	Atlanta
Nickname	Money800PokerStars
place of residence	Nashville
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	$ 2.5 million
Total prize money	$ 3,908,482
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	1
Cashes	7th
Best main event	Win ( 2003 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	2
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	4th
Main Event of the PokerStars Championship
title	no
Cashes	1
Main Event of party poker Live
title	no
Cashes	1
Last updated: August 7, 2020

Christopher Bryan "Chris" Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is a professional American poker player . He won the World Poker Championship in 2003 after qualifying online , sparking a poker boom.

Live and act

Moneymaker graduated from the University of Tennessee and was there Master in Accounting ( Accounting ). He then worked as an accountant in Tennessee. In 2003, he won on the online poker platform PokerStars a place in the 10,000 US dollars expensive Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Moneymaker played online under the nickname Money800 . He had previously deposited only $ 39 and then secured the place in promotion tournaments. He won the tournament at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas and received the first prize worth 2.5 million US dollars and a bracelet . His most memorable hand was played heads-up against Sam Farha when he moved all-in on the river with only one king as the highest card . Farha then fitted his pair of nine, which drastically changed the course of the duel. Moneymaker won the final hand when he beat Farha's hand J ♥ 10 ♦ with 5 ♦ 4 ♠ on a board of J ♠ 5 ♠ 4 ♣ 8 ♦ 5 ♥ as Moneymaker had a full house . However, Farha won a rematch on PokerStars a month later . At the 2011 WSOP , Moneymaker defeated Farha again. In early March 2004, Moneymaker played the main event of the World Poker Tour in San José , where he finished second, earning him $ 200,000 in prize money. After winning the WSOP Main Event, Moneymaker quit his job to work as a spokesperson for Harrah's Entertainment and PokerStars , and to play in major tournaments.

In total, Moneymaker has earned almost 4 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments. In mid-July 2019, he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame .

His last name is not a stage name , as he u. a. on Stefan Raab's television show TV totally betrayed. Rather, it is a modification of a German surname that reads something like Nurmacher . In the 2008 comedy film All In All Or Nothing , Moneymaker made a cameo as a poker player. From April to November 2016 , Moneymaker played as the team manager of the Las Vegas Moneymakers in the Global Poker League , but missed the playoffs with his team.

author

His autobiography , How to Amateur Poker Player Turned $ 40 into $ 2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker: Moneymaker (in German about Moneymaker: How did a poker amateur from 40 US dollars at the World Series of Poker 2.5 million US dollars ) was in March 2005 published ( ISBN 006076001X ).

Web links

Commons : Chris Moneymaker  - Collection of Images

• Chris Moneymaker in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Chris Moneymaker in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• Chris Moneymaker in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
• Chris Moneymaker on PokerStars.eu

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WSOP News: Moneymaker says, 'Play it again, Sam' on wsop.com June 2, 2011, accessed June 16, 2011.
2. ↑ 2004 - Bay 101 Shooting Stars ($ 5,000 + 200 WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship Final Day) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 9, 2020.
3. ↑ Chris Moneymaker in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 9, 2020.
4. ↑ Moneymaker and Oppenheim inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame , hochgepokert.com on July 16, 2019, accessed on July 17, 2019.
5. ↑ Las Vegas Moneymakers on the Global Poker League website, accessed May 12, 2016.